I am still rather new and was shocked to find this site from the beginning and knew it was too good to be true so I did get all the books by my favorite authors and I greatly appreciate it!  I know you all worked hard to keep it organized and keep everyone happy.  It's been years since I've been a mod of a forum such as this.  We provided cheats for a certain gaming site and though the risk of suit wasn't that great there's still a ton more issues involved and after a few changes and new site names everyone finally threw in the towel.  At least there was still a ton of other activity here to keep people involved. 

I am appalled, actually sick to my stomach, at some of the behavior here I feel the need to apologize and say that not all of us are ungrateful brats.  I know the laws on piracy and was aware of the opt out list BUT as one person stated, the copywrite on the books is an opt out in it's own.  It's like a bank robber's lookout getting mad because they're not robbing banks anymore!  They enjoyed having something for nothing but don't realize they're just as guilty as the person robbing the bank.  I don't know any of you personally but I'm sure that it's going to be hard knowing you've put a lot of hard work into this and keeping it up and then to have to disappoint everyone and deal with the backlash. 

It was a good try and I hope that this site can stay somewhat active and don't let anyone get you guys down!  You all did the best you could and did what needed to be done to fund the site to keep it up and running for all us to enjoy.

Thanks again!  I still am super happy with the books I was able to get!  I'll be busy for a while anyways.

Look I completely understand the problem you guys are facing,the government is closing in and you want to do the right thing but i don't think you guys understand just what this site means to all the users.
Its a well known fact that over half the users are here for the free ebooks and that once you remove them then were would we turn to . Online sharing is something that the government can not stop no matter how hard they try people will ALWAYS upload and others will ALWAYS download, thats just the way it is.
STP is something that i discovered by chance and ever since that day i have faithfully come here to find out new release and get books that i obviously cant get . Lemme tell you guys something i live in a country where i cant just pop down to the local drug store and buy a book; its called Nigeria check it out. STP has helped me overcome that hurdle and quite frankly if this is taken away then im not sure what im going to do. Books serve as my escape now im not saying im miserable or anything like that but its nice for me to be able, even if its just once in a while, to delve into the drama of some protagonist.
If you guys stop sharing e-books then you are just conforming to the norm.
Please try to understand what this site means to us try to see things from our POVs. STP if you stop sharing E-books then you have admitted defeat.
Raju.

Another idea I've been contemplating is this: can we make book requests, here, on this site, and post or email addresses along with them and  share that way? Not that we'll stop using this site of course, its just to share externally. Can that be possible?  Perhaps you can use that idea and formulate it into something more practical. I was thinking along the lines of which Microsoft Outlook is used in a working
environment. I don't know....... I just would really like for this site to continue.

Thanks and Good luck! 

They did?
Omg that is so wrong!!!!

As if he didn't work his ass of to find a different solution

Well, thats what you get from some people.  But its not like he cant find out who did it, so who's going to be laughing in the end. 

Is there going to be a new site?